The associate professor of mathematics was interviewed by The Burlington Times-News about her work on COVID-19.
Associate Professor of mathematics Hwayeon Ryu was recently profiled by The Burlington Times-News for her research to develop a mathematical model that could guide the development of new treatment options for COVID-19.
“There are a lot of open questions that haven’t been fully understood,” Ryu told The Times-News. “My role as a mathematician — in the intersection between mathematics and biology and other fields — is to keep collaborating and enhance our understanding of infectious diseases.”
In August, Ryu received a $12,100 National Science Foundation grant that will allow her to visit collaborators at the National Institute for Research in Digital Science and Technology (Inria Saclay) in France to work on their proposed project investigating the role of stochastic behaviors in immune dynamics to SARS-CoV-2. This July, she was also selected as an inaugural recipient of a fellowship by the Sylvia Bozeman and Rhonda Hughes EDGE Foundation that advances the research careers of women in the mathematical sciences.
Read the full profile of Ryu in The Burlington Times-News here.